Essay - Characteristics of Bullies and Victims Introduction Anyone Who Has Ever...

Characteristics of Bullies and victims

Introduction

Anyone who has ever worked in a school has known it; those ***** have watched reports ***** the sad instances of violence in schools being played out on TV knows it. Kids know it. Violence in ***** is a d*****tressingly common problem. "According to a national survey of school principals (National Center for Educational Statistics, 1998), over 200,000 serious fights or physical attacks occurred in public schools during the 1996-97 school year." (Brockenbrough, Cornell and Loper, 2002) Student surveys, how*****, report aggressive behaviors that make ***** figures seem completely believable; indeed, about 16.2 percent of high school students in the U.S. reported involvement in a ***** fight at school dur*****g a 30-day period. (Brockenbrough, ***** and *****, 2002)

Article review major article last year *****ok on ***** wide range of behaviors, settings ***** players in bullying-victimiz*****ion and ********** a raft of questions, as well as some potential answers worthy of further investigation. They noted that the phenomenon is not limited to the U.S. In fact, a Norwegi*****n scholar, more than 30 years ago, coined the term 'mobbing' to describe severe bullying. In 1982, after h***** work, bullying resulted in three pre-teen boys committing suicide as a result of extreme harassment by classmates. The government launched a huge prevention progr*****m ***** root it out, whatever it took. (Espelage and Swearer, 2003)

Those tactics may not be useful in the U.S. because schools are mandated by law to provide an appropriate free education for every child. Since the bullies cannot be kept physically away from the victims, it is necessary to be able to identify each type ***** personal*****y and deal with each appropriately.

Perhaps ***** *****st part of this article, ***** ***** assessing the others, is the definition of bullying. The authors concluded, through extensive research ***** ***** literature, that:

***** is being bullied when he or she is exposed, repeatedly over time, to negative actions on the ***** of ********** or more other students. A student is being bullied or picked on ***** another ***** says nasty and unpleasant things to him or her. It is also bullying when a student is hit, kicked, thre*****tened, locked inside a room, sent n*****sty notes, ***** when no one ever talks to him. Bullying ***** longstanding *****, physical or mental, conducted by an individual ***** group ********** directed against an individual who is not able to defend himself in the actual situation. (Espelage and Swe*****r, 2003)

While the article did present extensive ********** regarding the characteristics of bullies and victims, its conclusion was most interesting: It does take a village to stop *****. In o*****r words, schools, community ***** religious groups and the family must all take part in identifying ***** bullies and victims and changing the course ***** ***** bullying behaviors. (***** ***** Swearer, 2003)

***** investigated the behavioral profiles an psychosocial adjustment of victims and aggressors in elementary school peer groups. (2000) He described four types of students ********** in bullying events: victims, non***** *****,